[Labs-l] Filesystem problems

Mon Jul 1 15:53:13 UTC 2013

Follow up: According to Marc-Andre, the nfs server is completely down,
which should make this switch faster, but more painful. If you can't
ssh to -login or -dev it's because of that.

Should be fixed soonish, thank you for using labs :-) & sorry for inconveniences

On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 4:39 PM, Marc A. Pelletier <marc at uberbox.org> wrote:
> A quick status update,
>
> So, we've had issues with the filesystem underlying the NFS server.
> Most of those seem to be invisible to endusers, and the cause is still
> currently uncertain.
>
> What I am doing at the moment is making a manual mirror of the
> xfs-backed filesystem onto an ext4 partition, to see if that is where
> the issue lies.  For the most part, this will not affect Labs NFS users
> except for a possible loss of performance.
>
> At some point early this week, I will switch the two filesystems.  This
> will cause a pause in file IO that should not last more than a few
> minutes (I will post an advance warning once I know the exact time).  At
> the very least, this will allow us to isolate the problem and help
> figure out exactly what is going on.
>
> -- Marc
>
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